Cycle-saddle.



D. F. PRINTZ.

CYCLE SADDLE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12. 1913.

1,151,613. Patented Aug. 31,1915.

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D. F. PRINTZ.

CYCLE SADDLE.

APPLICAHON FILED NOV. 12. 1913.

Patented Aug. 31, 1915.

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DANIEL I. PRINTZ, or READING, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIeNoR are THE READING- SADDLE & MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or READING, PENNSYLVANIA, A

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a citizen of the United States, residing in Reading, Berks county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Cycle- Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to saddles for motor cycles, bicycles and the like, and more particularly to that type of saddle in which compound coil springs are employed at the rear of the saddle frame to support the cantle. In such constructions compound springs have been employed in which a compression spring has been arranged within a tension spring, but such arrangement has the disadvantage of causing one spring to chafe against the other under certain conditions. To overcome this difliculty, various arrangements of the compression and tension springs have been proposed, and the object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient arrangement ofthe springs with reference to each other and to the cantle and saddle frame.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a saddle embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line ww in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the compound spring and associated parts.

In the drawings, the saddle-seat 1 is secured at the peak to the main support 2, by means of the front springs 3, in the usual manner, and at the rear is provided with the usual cantle 4. The seat is also provided with the stretcher members 5 extending from the peak to the cantle and secured to the latter by the bolts 6. Said bolts 6 also serve to secure to the cantle on either side of the saddle the plates or hangers 7 from which depend the hanger-rods 8.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 31, 1915. Application filed November 12, 1913. Serial No. 800,623. 7

Within the tension springs and slidably carried by the hanger-rods 8 are the sleeves or bushings 13, provided at one end with the plates or washers 1 1, bearing upon the lowermost coils of the tension springs, and carrylng at their upper ends the flanged plates 15, which serve as seats or base-plates for the lowermost coils of the helical compression springs 16 surrounding the hanger rods above the tension springs, and supporting the cantle.

The hanger-rods at their upper ends are threaded as shown in the drawings and are provided with the nuts 17 and washers 18, bearing against the upper ends of the compression springs, whereby the resiliency of said springs may be slightly varied if desired. The compression and tension springs may be equally balanced, that is to say, may have equal strength and resiliency, or if desired one spring may be heavier and stronger than the other so as to be brought into action only under exceptional strains.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that the saddle seat is supported from the main-frame at the rear by interposed compound springs, so arranged that the pressure upon the seat will cause compression of the compression springs, which springs through the medium of their supporting sleeves transmit the movement directly to the lower ends of the tension springs. The compression springs, however, being located above and not within the tension springs, have little tendency to chafe against the latter. The advantages of the double or compound spring over the single long spring, as a seat support are well understood in this art and need not be specifically pointed out.

I prefer to make the sleeves 18 of a length substantially the same as the normal height of the tension springs. If desired, however, this length may be decreased or increased. Various detailed structural changes can of course be made without departing from the invention.

I claim:

1. In a cycle saddle, the combination with the saddle seat and main frame, of a pair of rods depending from the seat, a compression spring and tension spring surrounding each of said rods, the tension spring being secured to the main frame, a sleeve carried by each rod and bearing at its lower end upon the lower end of the tension spring, said sleeve at its upper end being provided with a support for the compression spring.

2. In a cycle saddle, the combination with the saddle seat and main frame, of hanger rods depending from said seat, a tension spring surrounding each rod, said spring being secured at its upper end to the main frame and having its lower end slidably secured to said rod, a compression spring also surrounding each rod, said spring at its .upper end supporting the saddle seat and having its lower end supported by the lower end of the tension spring.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of .tWo subscrlblng witnesses.

DANIEL F. PRINTZ. Witnesses WM. A. BARR, J os. H. KLEIN.

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